convict

[kuhn-vikt, kon-vikt] / kənˈvɪkt, ˈkɒn vɪkt /

NOUN

criminal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

captive felon prisoner

STRONG

con culprit jailbird loser malefactor repeater

WEAK

long-termer

Antonyms

WEAK

victim

VERB

find guilty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

condemn imprison sentence

STRONG

adjudge attaint doom frame rap

WEAK

bring to justice declare guilty pass sentence on pronounce guilty put away put the screws to send up send up the river throw the book at

Antonyms

STRONGEST

free release

WEAK

exonerate liberate

Example Sentences

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Wright was convicted after his DNA, on file from his Brook Hotel theft conviction, matched samples taken from the victims.

From BBC

In “Iron Lung” Fischbach plays a convict forced into a mission on an alien moon.

From The Wall Street Journal

Motin, from Saint Petersburg, showed no emotion as he was convicted by a jury at London's Old Bailey court.

From Barron's

The defendants were all convicted last month at Stratford Magistrates' Court of harassment without violence.

From BBC